01-10-2025, 08:08 PM
(01-10-2025, 04:42 PM)ochocincos Wrote: Well for Hobby's sake, outside of Hendrickson's 17.5, the rest of the DL (9 guys) only got 17 sacks.
And the Bengals spent $49.9 mill on the DL position, which was 3rd highest in the league.
And they invested 1st rounder, and 2nd rounder, and three 3rd rounders in addition to those costly veterans.
When you spend that much toward a position, you expect better than 36 sacks, which was 25th in the league.
For Anarumo, the defense has steadily declined in Points Allowed since 2022.
2022 - 6th in Points Allowed
2023 (no Bates) - 21st in Points Allowed
2024 (no Reader, Awuzie) - 25th in Points Allowed
Steady decline because you can't get your replacements to at least keep around middle of the pack indicates it may be time to go.
Maybe the problem isnt the coaches couldnt coach up the talent maybe the problem is the talent the front office drafted and brought in just isnt that good. You end up replacing good talent with bad then act surprised the defense gets worse when you now have less talent on it for the coaches to work with. People have been pointing out this was going to happen the last 2 years letting our best players leave but then some act completely surprised like they dont understand how the defense became worse
If the Bengals management really thinks the problem is the defensive coaches didnt coach up all this great talent we drafted and brought in, with all the money and draft picks spent on defense, I say they should stand behind that position. Bring everyone back on defense. Let the new defensive coaching staff work with all the same talent the current staff had to work with and see how they do. The excuse is we should have done much better. Ok, lets see it with the new staff. This off season, spend the money on Tee and Chase and use the early draft picks to add a couple of guards to the offensive line, a real #3 receiver, maybe a TE and some O-line depth. Let's see where that get us next football season.
